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BANK Or ENGLAND, March 12, ISIS. tfit!: Cow '1 of DIRECTORS of the GO LA\. .1) EItNOR and COMPANY of the BANK of ENG ." give Noti ce , o ‘ l 44 ton and, a ft er t h e 19th day of March instant, the BANK r e 4 Ely to ISSUE t o eac h of the BANKERS in LON ctiA-,cultnENT. SILVER COIN of the REALM, i n EX ft,,t7l"k3E for BANK NOTES, prov id e d appl i cation be wade e aine before the sth day of .1 uly next, ROBERT BEST, Secretary. SOCIETY FOR THE DISCHARGE AND RELIEF OF PERSONS IMPRISONED FOR SMALL DEBTS. Craven-street, Strand, March' , , ISIS. . 13 ENEFACTIONS siw:e the last REPORT, viz. . , c. .y. (i. Right Hon. Lord Viscount Bulkeley - An. 2 2 0 Sir Wm. Billiti,gnam, Bart. per Messrs. Hammers ley and Co. - - - • Edw. Bootle Wilbraham, Esq. M.P. - The Hon. H. Fitzroy Stanhope, per M essrs . Cocks, Ridge, and Co. - - - 2 2 0 Rev. T. S. GiAset - - - 5 0 0 Jos. Bradncy, Esq. per Chatteris and Co. - 10 0 0 IX. Lind, Esq. - - - An. 3 3 0 John Micklethwait, Esq. per Gosling and Co. An. 2 2 0 N. Nixon, .Esq..per Secretary - s Au. 1 1 0 Mrs. Hoare, Beckenham - - An. JO 0 0 A Donation from Ditto - - 5 0 0 Mrs. Worrell - - - 4 4 0 Miss Worrell - - - •• / 2 0 Miss C. Worrell - - . 2 2 0 Mis's Maria Calvert, per Cocks and Co. .- 1 1 0 W. C. and F. per ditto - - 5 5 0 B—r C--k, by C. A. C. - - 2 2 0 C. E--tt - - - 0 10 0 Mrs. Locke, per Hammersley and Co. - 20 0 A Lady, per ditto - - - 10 0 0 C. IL 11. 1 1.—.1. L. 31. per ditto - - 4 I 0 J. A. 2I.—W. P. 31. per ditto - - 5 0 0 Anonymous 11.—llitto,11. . - - 2 0 0 Found in the Letter-box Is.—Ditto:3s. - 04 0 1 MONOPOLY: OF: BREWERS. ! This evil has grown to such a height, is so oppressive upon Publicans,- and so injurious to the middling and lower classes of the People, that 10 0 0 20 0 0 we deem it our duty to promote any measure that may tend to effect its abolition. Mr. CALVERT, covered by the privilege of. Parliament, animad verted with so much freedom, to use the mildest term, upon a Gentleman who was precluded from the oppOrtunity of giving an answer in person, in the place where his character was attacked, and who deserves so well of -the Public, by' his resolute and persevering efforts to annul the mon strous LICENSING SYSTEM, that we consider it as an act of mere justice to 'an aspersed and meri torious Individual, to insert the following Letter on the subject. irr BRITISH GALLERY, PALL-MALL. Ms .; GALLERY, for the EXETIBITION and wt., S.ll p ,NI p,," of the WORKS of BRITISH ARTISTS, is -*tilt E v v e -ERY DAY from Ten in the Morning till Five tl ior Adwission, Is. Catalogues, Is. s"--...„ ,„____ JOHN YOUNG, Keeper. 1 / 4 1 1 , fir NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, 4 UCIVS DAY, 26th March, the First Drawn Blank 4111, will receive . FOUR PIPES OF PORT. W4, 417 ,E PRIZES of THIRTY THOUSAND POUNDS ! the .‘v }oee '' o ther Capitals of 50001., 10001., &c. &c. yet in :1 1 1 1 181 1, the Contractor, sincerely thanks the al•rr,,j ir.uhlic for their unprecedented Patronage already con tin t z''s I ott ••Th - first-drawn Blank, No. (39.,3, en ,ed , trv. • e . 'tt. , ',l' otir Pipes of Port, was shared by him, in -!. Quer -11:4` r-ight6, and 4 Sixteenths, who respectfully intreats 14174'441-s i mmediately to order from any Wine Merchant l'iir t Ple,ase, their respective proportions of the 4 Pipe of bill) or the choicest quality in the kingdom, which T. BISH l'Y for on demand; who has also the pleasure to an tesl)4 et that he sold and shared no less than 12 of the Capital 400 drawn already this Lottery, being No. 3,107, a Prize of 41001 7 "ne of the largest Prizes yet drawn, and 11 others of As ••• &c. ANt_til demand has been very great throughout the Country, kh il 1 intreats his Friends to be early in their application . No . 4 st a variety of Tickets. and Shares remain at his Offices, I n M C I libill ' and 9, Charing-Cross, London. Nr_, -e iast Lottery, containing Three Prizes of 30,0001., • kv s , *.t o • rtid them All; and hopes to sell all the Three Prizes AM. in the present Lottery. '''',..,_ 4.; FOR THE SUN. MR. EDITOR,—The philippic delivered last nighthy Mr. Calvert against Mr. Beaumont, the Magistrate, for the pro minent part which that Gentleman haS`talicn in exposing the evils .of arbitrary licensing, and in framing the propositions in the antimonopoly Petition, is made in a taste so little to be expected from such eminent characters in society •as brewers have now-a-days become, %init so little 'Parliamen tary, that•l am More than ever strengthened in my opinions against a system whereof the leaders resort to personal abuse, fur defence. ~r i' ~f: Discharged and relieved from various Prisons, 136 Debtors, for the Sum of - - £.i ii. Considered the Cases of 56 Petitioners; Ap proved 29 ; Referred for farther Inquiry, 10 Petitions; and Rejected 17. L . . 292 4 10 Benefactions are received bv John Camden Nield, Esq. the Treasurer, Cheyne-walk, Chelsea; also by Messrs. Berries, Farquhar, and Co. St. James's-street; Hoares, Fleet-street; Chatteris, Whitmore, and Co. Lombard-Street; BiddulPh, Cocks's, ,and Ridge, Charing-Cross ; Dorrien and Co. Finch lane, Cornball; Hammersleys, Pall-Mall; Veres and Co. N 0.77, Lombard-street; and by the Secretary, No. 7,-Cra ren-street, Strand, where - the Books may be seen by those who are inclined to support this Charity, and where the So ciety meet on the first Wednesday in every Month. The assertion that " Mr. Beaumont is a disappointed Ma gistrate who had c om e i n t o th e Commission to forward his own interest," is about-as decorous as if it were said that a brewer got made a Member of Parliament to keep up a sys tem of excluding competition iu his trade, and of squeezing extra'profits out of the pockets of the labouring poor. - But the imputation of improper motives is made—by what fact or probability does Mr. Calvert support it ?—None. And I will venture to say, that the whole tribe of bre‘,ers and li PUBLICATIONS. censing justices are unable to bring forward a single trait to impugn the purity of Mr. Beaumont's motives or acts, or to warrant the imputation, The whole tenunr of his conduct flatly denies the aspersion. So far from - connecting himself with any of the licensing Justices, by which means he might effectively have " forwarded his own interest,"Jie has uniform ly, openly, and indefatigably opposed and exposed the ini-• quities of their system, from the first hour in which he en tered into the Commission. Nay, previously, it is shewn in the Police Report, that he bad thrown the gauntlet into the faces of corrupt licensers, declaring, " that when he got into, the Commission, if lie really found any so mean as to traffic with their votes, he would unseat them, or make them ashamed of themselves." .NORGANS FOR CHURCH OR CHAPEL. t0y,E21.,A, !..,17ery e xcellent BARRELORGANS, 4r0,„ p _2, , , ,, 11, tilltiCliSloilS, to be SOLD; the . prices , are il 4(1 4 , 1 :")ftve to , elle Hundred and Fifty Guineas . sse titi r oz e i .1 to promote decent psalmody in any country congre -4 ---- - Ma) be seen at H. Bryccson's Organ Manufactory, t•ong-aere • This Day was published, landsomely printed in One Volume, Octavo, with a Portrait of Bishop Taylor, price 12s. in boards, rrHE LIFE of JEREMY TAYLOR, D. D. Chaplain in Ordinary to King Charles 1., and Lord Bishop of Down, Connor, and Dromore. By the Rer. HENRY KAYE BONNEY, M.A. Of Christ's College, Cambridge; Prebendary of Lincoln, Rector of King's-Cliffe, in the County of Northampton, &c. &c. Printed foi T. Cadell and W. Davies, in the Strand. AB, - iNET PI ANO -FORTE, and OTHERS, SECOND- A,, HAND, some as good as NEW. ‘A-13INET PIANO-FORTE equal to New . , "it a better can he made in this Kingdom, for 40 gm br;l‘; s"P-price Go nineas Square Piano, with three (-4 raod t i..,' 4 T omo g n 28 g . uineas; Ditto; 25 guineas. A th e pt. 'l,orizotitai Piano ' -Forte, by Broadwood and Son, late kayl; e : l s7 of allish o for 45 guineas, cost 75 gui?eas• ~ ed - see" 4ea • light at the Owner's, Mr. WA PLEN s, t o Ili 3- 'khere mov be ()s spacious Premises, 13, t kri , s aua 1T,. ,,, b. , ,P• tent Oblique Piano-Fog te. Old -----,................:Uu-PoristeNs e t:ken .' in exchange for New. But Mr.,Beanmont happens to have land at Stepney and Shepherd's Bush, on which there are at least 160 new houses. On each estate, some yvirs before he was in the commissi o n, he built a public-house for the necessary accommodation of his tenants. • These were natural appendages to his, estate — bat he would not condescend to use any sinister means tJ pro cure them to be licensed—and they were not licenCed !! He was forbidden the use of his property. Houses which Shad cost him upwards of 4,0001. were rentrired nearly as useless to him as if they had been fired by an incendiary. The public-house at Shepherd's Bush, if I mistake not, stands empty to this day. These and similar injuries were examined into Ly the Police Committee, and-their charactez is strongly marked and ' reprobated in the Report of that Committee. But according to Mr. Calvert's logic, because Mr. Beaumont has suffered injuries from the licensing system, he ought not to complain of it. He has been oppressed, and there fore his counsels for the safety of others that come after him ought not to be minded. He feels as an Englishman . ought to feel, fur himself and countrymen, and, therefore, lie ought not to be believed—lint to he abused. • My understanding leads me to a very different conclusion.— I cannot conceive any person better qualified to exemplify the errors of the licensing _system than a gentleman who has suffered under its operation, and who (as an independent County' Magistrate) has since been enabled to penetrate into its recesses. As a fellow member with Mr. Beaumont upon the Anti-Monopoly Committee, and in- other 'situations, I This Day was published, Elegantly printed in Two Volumes Quarto, with a Portrait, engraved after a Cast made by Mr. G. Bullock, from the Monumental Bust at Stratford-upon-Avon, price 51. ss. in boards. A few copies upon large paper, for the purposes of illustration, price 71. 7s. HAKTEARE AND HIS TIMES; in cluding the Biography of the Poet ; Criticisms on his Genius and Writings ; a Disquisition on the Object of his Sonnets; a new Chronology of his Plays; and a History of the Manners, Customs and Amusements, Superstitions, Poetry, and Elegant Literature of his Age. By NATHAN DRAKE, M.D. Author of " Literary Hours," and of " Essays on Periodical Literature." Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand. This Day was published, Handsomely printed in One Volume Svo. illustrated by four Maps, descriptive of the Route, price 12s. boards, A PICTURbSQUE TOUR through FRANCE, Ilk. SWITZERLAND, on the BANKS of the RHINE, and through part of the NETHERLANDS, in the Year 18 la. London : Printed for J. Alawman, 39 0 Ludgate -street. " To those who have not travelled, it gives a faithful ac count of what is to be seen ; to those who intend to travel, it affnrds an excellent plan for their operations; to those who have travelled, it will awaken many pleasing recollections. The route is, perhaps, the best which could hare been taken." British Critic fur October 1817. have witnessed the candour and public-spirited acts of his conduct,and can vouch fOr his being too indePendent immind and fortune to deserve the aspersion which Mr. Calvert has cast on his motives as a Magistrate. Mr. Calvert's " shrewd opinion," that Mr. Beaumont " wished •to become a popular Candidate, and be returned on the shoulders of the people fur the part he had taken," I believe to be as well-founded as the rest. I rejoice, that by the appointment of a Committee, a public opportunity will be offered for Mr. Calvert to make goOd his assertions, and for Mr. Beaumont to prove that his conduct and character are sans peer et sena riproche. I am, Sir, It. H. J. 78, High Holborn, March 14, 1818. This Day was published, price Ss. 6d. ASUPPLEM ENT to the ESSAY on the DUTY of COMMUNION with the ESTABLISHED CHURCH. containing au Illustration of its Doctrines on controverted Points. ______. S L „xl.6' WAT ERLOO -PLACE, PALL-MALL. , 1 --s.—p. "WLLI(;AN (from the Abbey 4e,i,iC. bt'rch.yard, Bath) most respectfully begs leave to NII/AiLLT,tlie Nobility Gentry &c. he has opened a SILK 1-'11(2-i;'tY WAREaOUSE,- 'at No. 16, wATEßLocon ef PN I , lopposite Carittm-house, with a splen . did Collec to " f th ' ei r i 4 : NEW GOODS, and horribly solicits the honour lios, Patronage and support. P. M. respectfully assures t aritt s ' ,l ie S who may rdease to favour him with their c0a1... , Illii to ' 1 'oat every arti . cle is, and shall continue to be, of r u e . rY 444 ru t -,, r (Ila ntY, of themust fashionable description, colo . )& e , treatt',,,,-uaet'ire, and at the most reasonable prices. 1 . 11 14414;7' i•tetttian paid to the commands of Ladies at a des r. r",ti frown, and Orders executed with the same Gdelity • ~r.,icearay as if • 't )14,4171'1%11 present. . HOUSE to LET, handsomely Ni s u , PART of the i 4 ' o , and we ll a d apted for an elderly Lady. () - _ C()E-TNTERACT the many attempts that 1 . , are dP..ily mad to ' pose on the unwary a spurious thti,kVen Titsreade f I'm Genuine Blacking, prepared by tl y 4:titidill. RTl.N,c)thety)a%.ea clopted a new label, in which ' Lh e '''' '3! 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'" , ' ' t:"..teplete witli'New and Fashionable Articles fur li , ,.. t •est ri,,poing and Morning Dress. together with . the t,i' titti„ '"/tactured Goods of every kind for family nse.— i5h'i:1,41,44.(4.00ds are sold by the Piece at the Wholesale 1 .. 1 lir ."l ed at the lowest Ready-money . s_' among ilt ti 114 Of ii i srvat plectstire in recominetnling li h l i i s c .. t Ne . w Irish C4, 1 1 ' Pl 4, l ' "flprovud Bleach, with recent Improvements 1.,„ - " Our,,i'..‘hich gives them their L ori;nal, great,. aad ,. de .: 1 0 , - I''), ,-.4"tY (st;t i , ed and sold exclusively at his NI an ''ai. -1;t1 Fine Sheen: and Pillow Linens of the same k `s t 'l .4„;ii°reneli C ambric's of the heautifulValenciennes mak l e . , • 4 C, )S 1:4"."1 Handkerchiefs; Fine India Mnslins for Gent t• ti:iPti„ti" Cravats and , encral wear, with every choice. de ,u,i.,,e .ar Ladies I) ress, Sze ; Rich Gold and Silver ditto . ; 1;„,' Iclitf,,4'L.,"l ilitido6 Bettilia and fine Imitations in Bri -4 44 11 ' - " r eiwn • IS• t I ' Damask Table Linen, n i l d ~. . 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(~atei,,,, 4,lag co mmissions experience the most liberal , liiii„, 1 ; 4,,,11 : 1 . !vj . I ' l 'd s and Curiosities purchased or exchanged. ly t;iegs respectfully to observe, that having visited per -1 . I " 61,4 I ,!' Pt ibeipal Establishments on the Continent, and its Est..i-,lictories of this Country, to render the supply of c,,1. ru liisf i „, en „ . . r e l y of each ,►' Pre - eminent in the Choicest and . seleet . z Y u ri zliw•-n N,anufacture, his Friends and the Punlic nui) s 'ki w arr a ,; 3 's meetin g with articles of a superior description, i -llahl, - '',"d ; these alone will he sold, and at those rea- eatir, ~4!'" read y - monevprices . ,which he trusfs will insure the bu; " ;' f action of his Friends, .of Families., and of tiose ° Net's: 14 the supply (4.t,ountry Establishments, or Foreign h oport Pnrei ,",,t. French Cantbric,Ciyuhric Handkerchiefs, and i l l A , ' —ace. By ROBERT MORRES, M. A. 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L. and E. rbykician Extraordinary to the King; Fellow of the Royal CAlege of Physicians in London, and Honorary Fellow of t!e Rural College of Physicians in Edinburgh, &c. &c. &c. Piutea by W. Rulmer and Co. Clevelanthrow ; fur and W. Booksellers to his Maj e sty, P a ll-M a ll ; an d E. Cox and Son, St. Thomas's-street, Southwark. %ere may be had, the Second Edition, lately published, by tie same Author, in one large Volume, Imperial 4to. pric. 81. se. itilmaids, a Series of Engravings, accompanied with Explanations, intended to illustrate the Morbid Atli tom: of some of the most important pacts of the Human BOd:. 'llls Work represents upwards of 200 Subjects, engraved or► 7 , plates, by the first English Artists. Fun THE SUN. MR. EDITOR,--I thank you to insert in your exceltent Paper the following OBSERVATIONS on Mr. DAVIDSON'S late Publication on the POOR LAWS ; in which, though there are some asser tions I cannot assent to, there is a great deal which merits approbation. The great desideratum at present seems to be employment for the industrious, able-bodied La bourers in the country. 'lbis he gives up as im practicable; but, if this be really the case, we can no longer hold the place we have hitherto held among the nations of the earth ; yet, as we have found employment for them for 200 years past, and flourished under th , .. difficulty, I should hope, by some modification of the law, without abandoning the charitable principle of it, we might flourish still. For, without this class of men, the State cannot exist ; nor can the La bourers be laid up, like their ploughs and harrows, ' under a thatched roof, to be called forth when occasion may require ; they are living bodies, and must be fed. Mr. Davidson purposes, after a time, to feed them by voluntary contributions—a article, surely, too precarious to be depended upon in a matter of so great importance. Page 102, he speaks likewise-of their resources in a garden and potatoe ground, with, speculations in pork and poultry ; and page 120, that their own ener gies and understanding should be more steadily di rected to their own interests; and page 106, that common reason must begin from a stimulating ne cessity. Now, the garden and the potatoe ground may be of some help in countries where the po tatoe will flourish (in wet clay lands it does not without extraordinary cultivation) ; as to the rest, I think it most resolve itself into this, which Mr. Davidson does not seem aware of, that the La bourer must live by his wits ; that his wits are to be furnished by his necessities (ingenu largiter venter), and, his necessities must drive him to plunder his master's store, to support his pigs and poultry ; and necessity must he his defence. By an means, then, let us find him work, that he may maintain himself and family by an honest, industry. England is the - onlynatlon, I believe, wlrere the poor are provided for by law ; such a characteristic mark of our beneficence is worth preserving for its own sake ; I think, - fob, it is not wholly unrepaid by the extraordinary industry of our people. .Mr. Davidson concludes with the three follow ing Resolutions :-- Ist: That the provision of the present law for the disabled poor in old age he continued. 2dly. That the present practice of parochial relief to able labourers be.continued for ten years, being placed in the mean time under more judi cious management. idly. That after ten years no necessary relief by law be granted to able labourers, but a volun tary subscription its lieu of it be 'substituted in every parish. To the first proposition I agree of course; to his second and third I must object. If the present system of administering the•Pbor Laws is ruinous, as he represertta it to he, and bad enough I believe it is become, from .abuse, front the avarice of the farmer, from removals, &c., the evil calls for immediate redress. - Let sis' 7 reform, but not abolish ; whatever is to be done:, should be done quickly, delay is dangerous. The hardship, when it comes, will be the same ; ten years notice will be no alleviation to the distress which his plan would ultimately bring upon the • able labourer; it nsigLat enable hint to take - thought, indeed, but not to procure the means of support, any More titan to add a cubit to his so= tore.. He wiil be left smelly destitute ; it will be foolish to talk of economy to him who has no thing to economise, and .of parsimony to him who has nothing to throw away. It is assumed, that when there shall be no longer a rate for his relief, his - wages will Ilse of course; but such assumption is not well warranted ; the rate of wages depends upon .the quantity of labour in the market. That the farmer will give more,. because he can afford it, is a supposition hardly to be listened to ; •experience, too, has shesen tbat voluntary contribution cannot be depended upon; it is a measure but half productive ; the liberal give, while those who can better afford it perhaps shut their purses.• As long as a part of mankind are sordid and selfish, there can be no equality .of contribution, except by comtosion. Why a gentleman is to make a better Overseer than a farmer, I do not understand; the latter. is removed at a less distance front the cottager, and therefore more likely to be acquainted with his wants, his habita; and general conduct;e•and if iu some.points.he is below the duties of his office, the gentleman would certainly be above them In page 95, he speaks highly of the- 43d of Eliz. as far as relates to the disabled poor, but ,condemns it as to tile able-bodied—lntt consider ing that by refusing to find them svoek,rhe vebuld at once reduce then) to the state - of•the disah:ed.- He hints that there has been some - hiittiake - io, tar erroneous construction of, the Act ; but it appeals to me to be a truly Christian Act of Parliament, and to have been rightly understood. We are:anent'. bers one of another, and surely every Christian community is - bound to support its own members. The obligation is reciprocal. The labourer is compellable to work, and the rich of. :course to find him employnient. If any .rnan will not work, 'says St. Paul, neither should he eat, and again, it is said, if any man see his brother have 'teed, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion, how dwelleth the love of God in him ? This Act may certainly have tended to increase our po pulation, and well it has been for us that-it has: , In the late contest what should we have done without such an increase ? We have met our enemy in the gate, and have not beets ashamed. The fundamental principle of our Poor Law, says Mr. Davidson, was charity, and charity, says the Apostle, shall cover a multitude of sins ; and who knows but that general principle of .be nevolence and fellow-feeling, so pleasing to the Almighty, and exemplified in this very act, may have added strength to our arm in the day of battle ? Though it may be impossible at all times to and work for mechanics, yet the country la bourer may be always employed to some advan tage ; a contrary opinion, has,. however, unfor tunately gone forth ; every farmer is' jealous of his neighbour, and afraid he shall pay more that% his share to the support of the poor, and in the short days of winter turns off his labourers, de ceiving.himsell into the opinion , that he s h a ll he gainer by lessening his expences ; which short sighted and shabby policy his loss of crop and increase of poor-rates are sure to counteract. Hence arises that abominable practice of masters and overseers becoming joint paymasters, - 'ln . some parishes, many of the cottagers who Tal l make friends with the overseers get their rents paid out of the poor book. So certain am I that farmers cats find svolk if they will, that I should not hesitate to compel them to take into their service the unemployed labourers, each according to his rent ; and that they may have sufficient pay to maintain them, let a minimum be fixed by Justices, or otherwise, as Parliament may judge proper. When the farmer shall be obliged to pay them, he will not be long before he finds them employment. As to mechanics, servants, &c. it is well known that whets they are employed, they have more wages than enough to maintain them. Compel them, therefore, to lay by a part of their super= fluous wages to maintain them at a time of need; let their masters be compelled to deduct a portion of their wages, to be placed in some Savings Bank for their separate use. Should this plan be put in practice, I have no doubt but that many farmer's servants would see the advantage to be derived from such savings, and be glad to be admitted into the Society.--Yours, &c.--Jan, 21, .1813.